Daily Republican., 1887-12-10
Tine Dome CITY OF America
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the Dome CITY OF America
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A city $50 Get above She ocesn;I
two niies sher Than New YORK, lsss
600 fle;, is the second city CT the Cen.
tennial 5tatu--L l. ,adville. As !s thel
habit in tho West, the nane o: thel
nj see gives no ides, or an exactly con-
trAry one, OF the thing for which 1t Is
most renowned o: generally notorious.
To the discovery of the carbonate ores
Ia 1873 il ue the birth OF this town,
Az thage ores ere riches in oilver and
poorer in lead than any OF the Others, of
course the then camp WAS dubbed
Leadville. 1.-THE hills that skirt thel
city proper were OF pure lead the town
would NOS have been built 1t was the
aoli and silvsr Ia the Sl03 30S IA worth |
OF bullion that has bsen take0 from
those hills dutiug tho past eight ysars
that is responsible for the present pOpa
latiop OF some $4,000 people.
Tire occasion icr laying 30 much lore
bei0rs your Tssders is the necesslty
which hss la:oly 3.Isen for fsi-, i'm.
partial aud yet tsuJhful description OF
this really wonderful mining metro
poli'. /
Tho foregoing facts arc by Wy oil
apology for its sLIaisDCs. Hal lot Tia
precious mluscss Oasn placed IN tkeI
mourlsiuB hsri A5orte, aud had aos 81
ir.epyas.iDlu leu ling for aid m!hsrslI
aaea i1s'iiied In the breasts OF All rien
there would h4va haen no excuse OK
. building Ia iorn hsIo.
All the agricultnra! produc's IN tb!s
and the adjacent counties Ere those
brought iu by the railroads. Ihsre Is
;hardly l'mb beg eaorCh IN the countg TO
aupoly all Its Christians with Christmas
! tees The only other natural rshonlCe
o. Ls7ivilic than ite mines 10 its seen
| ery. That 10 ABUNDANT on every hand
| Everything In sn3 about aad ar0pn6 Is
full Of 1t. BaG thu only Improbable
characteristics ot tnts eceneTy Is its
quantity md altitude, Il ia high old
sceaery. LIST 1t h3 eraated TIM that
20 tueriG IL ois; med where creii!is net
deserved.
Not many moons ago the cdief exscu-
Tive @. tho corporation received tele-
gran grcrn Denver asking what prepa'
ra' 'iops had been made by tbe city to
IanSertain the Bill McGon!an Editorial
sAss0ciat!on The mayor replied that
no preparations were necessary.
| All properly behaved and law abid'
ling ci.iz ns wera given the freedom oi
the ci.y as soon as they lett the cars
lNaWspaps- cheek iB Dr0verbiai, but tC
lind IL IN It's pristine, ada amantine beauty
90 to o Country psUent inside aud oui
Editorial Asgacioton! The present
Aavor OF Lesdvills will never waste
ltime tryins 10 bluff one again. So tht
!unerpec'sd party arrived, and imnedt
, Ia,ely identified themselves. The J
wanted to "see Tao town." even II they
had 10 ,os thai- gn hotel bills. As 1
was after Auak IL was proposed that OF
1.-THE mor!oH The self.invited guest
should visis soule OF the two hundred
.9mnsa nov being operated; TINT the.
4 ishonta Inspect the tine great smelters
. sen a-vsral Of tha S4J, ,000 school houses
'jv;a tha eathefra end SOME dozen NOR
'tai l.ae prior!Dal oharch editioes. "Ot
5datal he churches; we want TO see th
i jCosud is gasiizhs' was the rsply, gal
l 5nish --ith esys,bl eclutiliatlug pativ
~,.u Hgrs aoa~t paint.
, T. "a decided 20 crafty thsse would
ib0 a.fAtg. FUey were pilotsd 10 where
/ 'Iegtr ,nsy expressed a dasira TO go, unti
ithg uu,s ap3 original joke Of findiD
loplv tira dollars In the inside vet
a pockst when called upon to ilqui5ai
" for half a dozsa hotties Of wine otdere
4 5wi.h this Gar froid Of fresh bonsnz
d Ikiug, Ad ceaGsd 10 he funny.
J'Gsn taay were taken to their "hotsl.
,tiIf l. lauvllle IL justly proud of any Of i
d tbuilding improvements, 1t ia of Hot.
r iKitchen, 1t the corner of Seventh an
tHarrtpan aTenua. This hostelrie wa
a eserected ut a cost Of 500, 600, and is 6rs
10 scInas in eqGsy respect. Did the yisito
. tstop there? Not when they were pa,
.s!ipr their own expenses. They went |
o an ir significant nash factory on o sid
!. 2strees, where the proprietor made Il
II nost Of lis distinguished guests b
IA lcrsu aiug them SO full OF gore gallo
n that, a.,or inspecting tho red pail
N blotcbse that had been smeared on Il
nayement in front of several schools.
la for tnetr exclusive benedt-rhey toe
"a 1.-The next txa'n out of town. 1t was e.
m nlsiped that the reason they heard moi
ar iof tha shooting, rows, etc was becau.
In when they went the rounds-6atn
Z sunder police protection-averythiI
g. as keeps quiet for the time; that u
te .m.s OF Serioas aftrsys happened VINE
n lthejr hearing wasn't very acute. The
Ind nsrraw escaped But when the
In cot aotely homo, under the shelter
- in chief of the "Bill McGoTian" hs
,r !hia revenge He loaded himself l
Il land frel CT this:
n Taare may be more depraved loca'
lf,ti,s Than IeIdville, but II 30 they chou
4. ne hos.eG, sans ceremonie from Il
ktaca Of tbs earth.
ID The proprietor of the Hutohinse
"a. Honge ;gSorMsd the writer that II
{. lpe,san should perchsnce get away fro
At the main etraet after dark, thst
10 would either be robbed or murdered,
IL inost probably would be first robbs
Hand then murdered
Isl Tae morning after our arrival we
Ia tised blood stasttsred on the s.deWa
I" In front Of saloous.
AZ Le4tiviiis bss dwindIed from pop
n a;ion ot sc. 600 TO q very few thousar
y; 'and is waGld evidently be depopulat